Vassa

Vassa

Vassa

Vassa

Vassa

Overview

There are no miracles in this world. Only those we make for ourselves. 

It's 8 a.m. and a revolt is underway.

The father is dying. The son is spying. The wife is cheating. The uncle is stealing. The mother is scheming. The dynasty is crumbling.

One house. One fortune. One victor.

Maxim Gorky's savagely funny play Vassa Zheleznova was first published in 1910. Mike Bartlett's adaptation, Vassa, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2019.

Authors

Mike Bartlett

Mike Bartlett is a multi-award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Series two of Doctor Foster aired on BBC in 2017, as did his adaptation of his stage play King Charles III.

He was Associate Playwright at Paines Plough, Writer-In-Residence at the National Theatre, and Pears ...

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